yea, we ourselves had within ourselves the sentence of death, that we might not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead;

For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and the sincerity which is of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you.

But as God is faithful, our word to you is not yea and nay.

For the Son of God, Christ Jesus, who was preached among you by us, by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not found yea and nay, but in him hath been found yea.

But I call upon God as a witness against my soul, that it was to spare you that I came no more to Corinth;

not that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy. For in respect to faith ye stand firm.

But I determined this with myself, that my next visit to you should not be in sorrow.

For if I make you sorrowful, who is there to make me glad but he that is made sorrowful by me?

For out of much distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that ye should be made sorrowful, but that ye might know the exceeding love which I have for you.

But if any one hath caused grief, he hath caused it not to me alone, but in a measure, not to be too severe on him, to all of you.

But to whom ye forgive anything, I forgive also; for what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, for your sakes I forgave it in the person of Christ,

I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother; but taking my leave of them, I went forth into Macedonia.

But thanks be to God, who always exhibiteth us in triumph in Christ, and manifesteth through us the odor of the knowledge of him in every place.

For we are not as the many, who adulterate the word of God; but as from sincerity, but as from God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.

since ye are manifestly shown to be a letter of Christ by means of our service, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not on tablets of stone, but on fleshly tablets of the heart.

not that we are able of ourselves to think anything, as from ourselves; but our ability is from God;

who also gave us ability to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit; for the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life.

But if the ministration of death, engraven in letters on stones, was so glorious, that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly on the face of Moses by reason of the glory of his countenance, which glory was to be done away,

and do not as Moses did, who put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel might not steadfastly look on the end of that which was to be done away.

But their understandings were blinded; for until this day, when the old covenant is read, the same veil remaineth, since it is not unveiled to them that it is done away in Christ;

but even till this day, when Moses is read, there lieth a veil upon their heart;

but whenever it turneth to the Lord, the veil is taken away.

But we all with unveiled face beholding in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, as by the Lord, the Spirit.

but have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor adulterating the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every mans conscience in the sight of God.

But if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to them that perish,

For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus sake.

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not of us;

being troubled on every side, yet not distressed; perplexed, but not in despair;

persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

So then death worketh in us, but life in you.

But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, "I believed, and therefore I spoke," we also believe, and therefore speak;

For which cause we are not fainthearted; but though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh out for us, in a higher and still higher degree, an everlasting weight of glory;

while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are but for a time; but the things which are not seen are ever lasting.

since, indeed, when we have put off our present garment, we shall not be found naked.

For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened; inasmuch as we do not desire to be unclothed, but to be clothed upon, that mortality may be swallowed up by life.

for we walk by faith, not by sight; but we have courage,

For we must all be made manifest before the judgmentseat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in his body, according to what he did, whether good or bad.

Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men; but to God we have been made manifest, and I hope have been made manifest in your consciences also.

For we are not again commending ourselves to you, but giving you occasion to glory on our behalf; that ye may have somewhat to answer those who glory in outward appearance, and not in heart.

and he died for all, that they who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who died for their sakes, and rose again.

but as Gods ministers recommending ourselves in all things, in much endurance, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

Ye have not a narrow place in my heart, but ye have a narrow place for me in yours.

For indeed when we had come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.

But God, that comforteth those who are brought low, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

and not by his coming only, but by the comfort with which he was comforted in regard to you, when he told us of your earnest desire, your mourning, your zeal in my behalf; so that I rejoiced the more.

For though I caused you sorrow with the letter, I do not regret it, though I did regret it; for I perceive that that letter caused you sorrow, though it was but for a short time.

Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorrowful, but that your sorrow produced repentance. For the sorrow which ye felt had respect to God, that ye might in nothing receive injury from me.

For sorrow before God worketh repentance to salvation never to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

Although, then, I wrote to you, it was not on account of him that did the wrong, nor of him who suffered wrong; but that your earnestness for us might be made manifest to you in the sight of God.

Therefore we have been comforted; but in our comfort we rejoiced still more on account of the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all;

for if in anything I have boasted to him of you, I am not put to shame; but as we spoke all things to you in truth, so also our boasting, which we made before Titus, was found to be truth;

and this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us by the will of God;

But as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and all earnestness, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this exercise of liberality also.

I speak not by way of command, but by reason of the earnestness of others, and to prove the genuineness of your love.

And I only give an opinion in this matter. For this is expedient for you, who began before others, not only to do, but also to be willing, a year ago.

but to make an equality; at the present season your abundance meeting their deficiency, that their abundance may at another time meet your deficiency; that there may be equality;

But thanks be to God, who put the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus;

for he accepted indeed the exhortation; but being very earnest, he went of his own accord to you.

and not that only, but who was also appointed by the churches as our fellowtraveler in the matter of this bounty, which is administered by us to the honor of the Lord himself, and of our ready mind;

for we take forethought for what is honorable, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have often in many things proved to be zealous, but now much more zealous through the great confidence which he hath in you.

But I sent the brethren, that our boasting of you should not prove unfounded in this respect; that, as I said, ye may be prepared;

lest, should the Macedonians come with me, and find you unprepared, we (not to say ye) should be put to shame in respect to this confidence.

But this there is to say: He that soweth sparingly, shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully, shall reap also bountifully.

for the ministration of this service not only supplieth the wants of the saints, but also overfloweth through many thanksgivings to God;

Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I, who present indeed am lowly among you, but am bold toward you when absent;

but I entreat you, that I may not when I am present be bold with that confidence wherewith I think of being bold towards some, who think of us as walking according to the flesh.

(for the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds,)

For even if I should boast still more highly of our authority, which the Lord gave us for building you up, and not pulling you down, I should not be put to shame;

For his letters, saith one, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

For we do not venture to reckon ourselves among, or compare ourselves with, some of those who commend themselves; but they, measuring themselves among themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are not wise.

But we will not boast of things that are without our measure, but according to the measure of the line which God allotted us,a measure to reach even to you.

not boasting of things that are without measure, in other mens labors, but having hope, when your faith is increased, that our line will through you be still further extended,

But "he that boasteth, let him boast in the Lord."

For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but he whom the Lord commendeth.

but I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve by his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from singleheartedness toward Christ.

And though I am rude in speech, yet I am not in knowledge; but this did we in every respect manifest to you in all things.

But what I do, that I will continue to do, that I may cut off occasion from those who wish for an occasion, in order that in the matter of which they boast they may be found even as we.

What I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as it were in folly, in this confidence of boasting.

I say it to my reproach, that we were weak; but in whatever any one is bold, (I speak in folly,) I am bold also.

Of such a one I will boast; but of myself I will not boast, except in my infirmities.

For if I should desire to boast, I should not be a fool; for I should say the truth; but I forbear, lest any one should think of me above what he seeth me to be, or what he heareth from me.

Behold, I am ready to come to you this third time, and I will not be a charge to you; for I seek not yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

But be it so; I at least was not a charge to you; but yet, being crafty, I caught you with guile.

Have ye been thinking this long time that we are defending ourselves to you? It is before God in Christ that we are speaking; but all things, beloved, for your edification.

since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, who towards you is not weak, but is mighty among you.

For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth through the power of God; for we also are weak in him, but we shall live together with him by the power of God toward you.

But I trust that ye shall know, that we are not unapproved.

Now we pray to God that ye do no evil; not in order that we may appear approved, but that ye may do what is good, though we be as unapproved.

For we have no power against the truth, but for the truth.